FlowHandler (Geotools modules 33-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

FCFlowHandler
```
public interface FlowHandler
```
Provides a mechanism to indicate that the XMLSAXHandler should stop parsing. It will periodically call shouldStop(), passing in its hints object. If shouldStop() returns true, if will abort parsing.

Author:

Richard Gould

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`shouldStop(Map<String,Object> hints)`	If this method returns true, the XMLSAXHandler will abort parsing.

- Method Detail
  - shouldStop
```
boolean shouldStop(Map<String,Object> hints)
```
    If this method returns true, the XMLSAXHandler will abort parsing.
    
    Parameters:
    
    hints - the hints that were passed into the XML parser
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the XML parser should abort parsing